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Excerpt from Experience the Test of Government: In Eighteen Essays Despotic government has many adherents, who never reason until after they act. They decide first and enquire after wards. There are none however, who refuse their assent to the principle that - governments are instituted for the. Benefit of man, and although their burthen be a comparative evil, it IS borne to prevent greater, which must exist without them. Were all men moderately well educated, informed, wise, and virtuous, each. Would have correct views and useful pursuits: each would undersand bet ter than is usual, what best promotes happiness; and having his own felicity in prospect, would so wisely combine with the happiness of others, that government would be divested of a 'great part of that occupation required, as it is now conducted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.